In Spring 2024, I taught an Honors course on moral and ethical philosophy centered around a television show called The Good Place. NBC’s The Good Place (2016-2020) focuses on a group of people who have died and think that they’ve mistakenly been sent to “the good place,” a heaven-like paradise. In an attempt to stay in “the good place,” the main characters work to recognize past wrongs, learn about ethics and moral philosophy, and begin to act altruistically. My HONS 129 course examined episodes of The Good Place as well as philosophical texts from Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, Sartre, T.M. Scanlon, Philippa Foot, and others mentioned in the show. Students grappled with what it means to be moral and ethical members of their communities, and the course culminated in service-learning projects for their final assignment. The goals of this course were to engage Honors students at USI with deep philosophical texts and involve them in service learning as a way give back to their communities. This course, the television show The Good Place, readings on moral and ethical philosophy, and USI’s Service-Learning program are all important and relevant because they can be used to combat dropping numbers in volunteerism and civic engagement in the US. According to the most recent statistics from the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, “33% of 18-24-year olds say they are not currently engaged in community activities, such as sports, hobbies, volunteerism, and faith groups.”(1) Courses such as the one I taught could be beneficial in increasing the number of young adults who are civically engaged. My presentation will focus on four areas: 1) Teaching difficult and often dry topics (moral and ethical philosophy) through a television show and other pop culture media, 2) introducing service-learning to Honors students, a highly motivated, goal oriented group of students at the University of Southern Indiana, 3) the strategies that worked and those that didn’t while teaching this course for the first time, and 4) plans and directions to move forward teaching service-learning courses focused on community and the common good. Audience members will take away new strategies for teaching topics that are dense and difficult, knowledge about USI’s Honors and Service-Learning programs, and ideas on incorporating service-learning or community-based projects into their own courses.